Re: I Almost Wish I Still Lived in Tucson

On Oct 12, 9:51 am, N8N <njna...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 12, 9:03 am, gpsman <gps...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So... you don't have any data.

The state of VA surely does.

<spit take>

IIRC, that study never mentioned profit, or lessening the length of
the yellow light. IIRC, at one intersection, the yellow was actually
lengthened, and the change in the number of crashes were deemed
"insignificant".

So you didn't read the study.

I read one, from VA.

Define "safety". IIRC, the study showed a significant reduction of a
significant number (800?) pedestrians being run over... and killed.

Did you read the same study that I did? doesn't sound like it.

You've never read anything beyond what you can misconstrue to fit your
opinions that you already formed before you read any study.

Spurious conclusions concerning RLCs do not qualify as "news", and
IIRC, the study you have not cited made no such mention of the
selection of intersections.

NOT spurious conclusions, although I realize that that is simply your
catch-phrase to dismiss a inconvenient facts that you don't feel like
addressing.

The inconvenient facts to which you refer do not exist.

Bottom line: RLCs can not "cause" crashes. If any driver to your
front slams on their brakes at any time for any reason you should be
able to stop without hitting them, or otherwise crashing. That
premise is supported by law:

Following Too Closely
21703. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle
more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the
speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon, and the condition of, the
roadway.http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21703.htm

Hence, there is no method to logically transfer responsibility for
rear-end collisions from drivers who fail to operate in a reasonable
and prudent manner to RLCs.

That helps me not at all when I am the driver in front.

If you don't know how to drive, perhaps you shouldn't.

Leaving ample space to your front and operating in a manner that
eliminates needing to slam on your brakes will practically eliminate
the chances the driver to your rear will collide with you.

I would think an expert driver, as you seem to think you are, would
already know how to control the space around his vehicle.
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- gpsman

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